‘It’s about the belief that we will win’: Chinatown groups fight to end jails

‘It’s about the belief that we will win’: Chinatown groups fight to end jails

New York City’s borough-based jails plan has a long and storied history.  First proposed in 2018 by former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration, the plan was to replace the deadly Rikers Island jail complex with four borough-based jails in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens. Abolitionist groups have long opposed these new jails. Although they agree that the Rikers facilities must be shuttered, these groups argue that the investment of b…